California · 2025 pay · 23,186 people
How much does a student assistant range make in California?
$3,432typical pay for a student assistant range in 2025
$1,301 – $6,838what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year workers. Typical pay rose 5.6% from 2024.
✓ Official data from California State Controller's Office · Matches the agency's latest release · sco.ca.gov ↗
Where student assistant ranges work
Typical pay at each employer, 2025 (everyone paid).
- California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo3,089 people$2,419
- San Diego State University2,325 people$2,927
- California State University, Northridge1,468 people$3,382
- San Jose State University1,370 people$3,261
- California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt1,324 people$2,909
- California State University, Long Beach1,261 people$2,748
- California State Polytechnic University, Pomona1,175 people$3,498
- California State University, Fullerton1,118 people$5,306
- California State University, Chico1,065 people$4,193
- California State University, Sacramento1,044 people$3,467
- California State University, Fresno1,042 people$4,818
- Sonoma State University898 people$4,044
- San Francisco State University875 people$3,912
- California State University, San Bernardino842 people$4,543
- California State University, San Marcos644 people$4,257
- California State University, Bakersfield568 people$5,066
- California State University, Monterey Bay563 people$3,090
- California State University, Channel Islands561 people$4,227
- California State University, East Bay531 people$2,979
- California State University, Stanislaus422 people$3,556
- California State University, Los Angeles417 people$5,782
- California State University, Dominguez Hills317 people$4,110
- California State University Maritime Academy249 people$1,522
- California State University, Chancellor's Office18 people$5,578
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Highest-paid student assistant ranges, 2025
Common questions
How much does a student assistant range make in California?
The typical student assistant range was paid $3,432 in 2025; most earned between $1,301 and $6,838. This counts all 23,186 people paid, including part-year workers.
How much of the pay is overtime?
Overtime made up 0.0% of all pay for student assistant ranges in 2025.
Which job titles are included?
Everyone whose payroll title is Student Assistant Range, at any level (for example "Student Assistant Range"). Part-time-schedule titles (such as "20 hours") are left out. Senior, supervising and trainee titles have their own pages.
Job titles are written out in full from the payroll's abbreviations (for example "SR CRRECTNL POLC OFCR" → "Senior Correctional Police Officer"). "Typical pay" is the median; "most earned" is the middle half. How we calculate this